She's gone

[TogaPC]

On my way to work this afternoon a car pulled out in front of me and I hit it. The old Hoe just wouldn't shut down in time. Thank God no one was hurt but it completely demolished the front passenger corner. I'm just sick. Thankfully they had insurance so I'm hoping I can get her repaired but with 200k miles and being 10 years old, I'm not sure what's going to happen. I'll post pics soon.


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These were pics I took right before they hauled her off. Thought ya'll might like to see a badly bent frame.

Here they have all the damaged body panels and such removed.

At lease the throttle body was squeaky ckean.

Shot of the bent part of the frame. They said it was really hard to bend the frame in that location and almost impossible to repair.

This is what the frame should have looked like.

So sad to see her in this shape.

You can see really well the difference between the two sides here.

I guess when it's all said and done, I'm just really glad no body got hurt. I ended up with a new truck that is nicer and in much better shape. I have a car payment now but that won't last long. Still I miss the old girl. She was a damn good truck.

 

[BOSS]

That sucks man, always glad to hear nobody was hurt

B

 

[Modded]

Sorry about that man!
I would say at that age/mileage, if the damage is bad enough, it will be declared total loss.

 

[TogaPC]

That's kinda my thoughts but It's paid for and it ran great before the wreck so if the damage is mostly cosmetic I may just repair her and keep on truckin. If anything structurally or the drive train is damaged I think it will be time to scrap it and get something else. I really love my hoe but it's only a truck.

FYI forum...

I may have some 2 month old performance parts to sell if anyone is interested.
Corsa Sport CBE
Spectre CAI
plus tons of stock parts...cheap!

As with old yeller...she's my truck...I'll put her down.

 

[LaOrange]

Hi
It takes 75% of BOOK to total For example BOOK = 10k 7600 Damage Total

Good luck

 

[puckhead]

Hope its not too bad that it cant be fixed within reason! let us know how it goes though

 

[Cobra]

Man that sucks!

 

[TogaPC]

Pics of the wreck



Here they are. I get sick to my stomach every time I look at them. Anyone have any experience with collision repair. Suggestions would be appreciated.

wtf

WtF

wtF

Wtf

WTF

HUH! Why the hell does it look like their car took way less damage than mine?

WHY MEEEE!

 

[denalianyone]

damn!!

 

[iwaslowr]

Dang TogaPC, that sucks! Glad to hear that no one was hurt. If the damage is only cosmetic and you decide to rebuild at least you can choose aftermarket parts like a cowl hood, etc.

 

[LuSe4]

Did she drive over top of you? I only ask because the tahoe has got to be taller than that goofy looking isuzu, yet yours has a lot of damage up high, and hers has damage down low.
Hopefully they fix it for you. Good luck.

 

[2000Yukon]

Dam that sucks. Hopefully it's only cosmetic.

 

[yukondoit]

Sorry to hear man. Sure does suck for that to happen to you. Maybe you can rebuild her, HD hood, new grille etc... SS bumper maybe. Up to you, you can look at it this way, now you have a reason to change the look.

 

[dheadv8q]

As long as you have no frame damage, I thinks it will be repairable.

 

[KMV77]

Sucks! Glad everyones ok. Hopefully the frames straight. If it is it may not be totaled. Have you checked the rad or condenser to see if they had any leaks? Good luck!
Kevin

 

[beegarage]

if it makes you feel any better on the "yours vs theirs" damage.. it appears as if the front of theirs pushed in the way of a parallelogram.. meaning.. it doesn't look like it.. but probably has far worse damage than your rig..

 

[ecordell]

To be honest, that's an easy easy fix, I highly doubt you damaged the frame or drivetrain (motor any of that)

Looks like a fender, inner fender, hood, bumper, grille, radiator support, some other minor things. I think you'll be able to fix it no problem........but I could be wrong.

 

[retro77]

At least it was two SUVs hitting and not one SUV mangling a small car with the occupants in it.

 

[TogaPC]

Did she drive over top of you? I only ask because the tahoe has got to be taller than that goofy looking isuzu, yet yours has a lot of damage up high, and hers has damage down low.
Hopefully they fix it for you. Good luck.

was going through things in my head and I think the truck nose dived so hard that my front bumper hit right about mid way on his front tire. If you look at the of the pics of his car you can see where my tow hook punched a hole in his bumper and then ripped it open when we separated. I'm assuming that his drive train took most of the damage.

To be honest, that's an easy easy fix, I highly doubt you damaged the frame or drivetrain (motor any of that)

Looks like a fender, inner fender, hood, bumper, grille, radiator support, some other minor things. I think you'll be able to fix it no problem........but I could be wrong.

I sincerely hope you guys are right. I was on rockauto.com and lmctruck.com pricing parts and man there are a lot of parts up there. We'll see what happens. Thanks for everyone's comments and concerns. I'll keep you all updated.

 

[TogaPC]

Just a quick update.

I finally got my rental today...ya know...10 days after the wreck. Truck is at the body shop and they are going to start dis-assembling the front end to see what needs to be replaced and repaired. I'm about 90% sure they are going to total it but I've made up my mind that as long as the drive train is ok...we are fixing her. I may be driving a beater for a little while if the damage is very bad but I'm just not ready to give up the Hoe. After all...it's paid for.